Morning journal and courier., 1887-06-22

telling jokes one upon the other, on his upper |
classmates, the sophomores:
Gentlemen of 80 and members of 49,
My esteemed contemporary from Wabash hes |
praised go in such beautiful language just |
now that it has taken the breath out of my |
body as much IS If he had literally sat down |
on me. He seems quite pulled up with |
pride Tor something else) at what he has
done, and he eel 5einly hes delivered his little
speech much better than 1 thought he would;
for the other Monday night-the 23d of May,
I think it was-when he walked away from
the fence at the rate of about II miles an
hour, after the glorious class of go had rather
urgently invited him ID make them few
remarks, he didn't seem to be SO particularly
anxious to make speech as the night he was
elected fence orator by his friends stufing
the ballot box. feel that cannot extol the
sterling-I should say, startling-qualities of
'S9 as they deserve, both through want of
sufficient eloquence and delicate foreign
accent. Besides she has so me1y uncommon
characteristics that I can only touch on
few of the more important. In
the first place I wish to thank
'S9, or some members of it, at
least, for the amusement they have afforded
us since we have been in college. Nothing
shows kinder disposition or more urself-
ish disinterestedness then a desire to make
Others happy, and they have certainly sue
ceeded very well in their undertaking. At
most kindly invited one sophomore tiled to
walk back to New Haven on the water.
Doubtless he had sufficient faith to warrant
his attempting such feat with mis- feet, and
| his head ives light enough besides, but the
| trouble was that his "sole" was leather in
stead of cork, and New Haven harbor water
| is SUI pIisingly less buoyant than PHI water,
though whether he wes in a condition to
notice this fact I can't say. Also on the
night of Weshington's BIZ 5hday, when we ell
went to the New Haven Opera House to the
play-Sea Sands, I think they called it.
Very few, however, remember anything that
happened on the stage that night, for all
that YVES going on in the lower left hand box.
1t ives like looking at circusful of clowns
and monkeys.
cannot attempt to mention here 'S9's
achievements either in tennis nor In the
rushes Lest fall, which were complete walk
over for '9O heard one sophomore remark
as he gathered himself together after the first
collision on the Grammar school lot, "Well,
this is getting rubbed into the ground too
much!5 He referred probably to mis- nose.
But there is one thing which I must not
omit. It is tender subject and one that is
replete with sad and sorrowful memories.
Nothing leaves more of sorrow behind it
than that which dies in the prime or life and
lust when it ought to accomplish the best
results. But this did not depart without
struggle. It tried hard to do something, but
its manager got tangled up with himself and
the combination necessarily resulted in the
death of one or the other. The manager
persistently refused to tdie' and so the other
had to. It is certainly sad, very sad, and it
brings back sorroWful recollections to the
minds of the bereaved, and out of respect
for this pet which has past and gone in all
its tender strength and youthful yigor,
think the members of 'S9 should take off their
hats rx,I,a T hall nj
1 sincerely hope '89, that have not spoiled
your pleasure for the rest of the week by
mentioning this subject Rest assured that
we all deeply sympathize with you in your
af1iction, but please do not weep here for we
cannot all swim and the campus is not sup
piled with life preservers.
Just before I came out here this evening
ran across this little book published by
Mellin & Co., on the care and feeding or
infants. In looking it over found this let
ter which I beg leave to read to you. The
printing is rather poor several of the words
being blurred so I ask to be excused if do
not read it quite es smoothly as the writer
perhaps intended.
New Haven, 4S. S. NJ.
Mr. MELLIN & Co.:
Dear Sirs-I want to give you this testi-
monial to the remarkable food manufacture
ed by you for babes and infants, and I wish
those who read this to understand that I
W -ote it of my own free will out of the graft
tude which feel towards you, and that I
am not Influenced in the least by the twenty
five cents ($.25) reward you offered for the
best written testimonial. A short time ago
bought bottle of your liquid preparation.
as have had more experience in getting the
contents out of bottle than out of anything
else, and I sent you my I. o. U. for the
same. Soon began to notice a change in
my beauty and specific e-avity, both of
which have steadily increased (my weight
going up rom 81 - 318 pounds) until now I
am known 81 the F'picture of health" Many
will doubtless say that this is an exaggera-
ton, but it IS not. The only thing that is
exaggerated is myse'e. Owing to the mutt
tious qualities of your infant food, can
now throw the hammer twenty-six feet four
inches (this includes a handicap of seven
feet end my appetite is SO improved that
eat five suppers every night after training.
Pleese send the prize to 4S S. NJ.
Yours for health,
TOMMY.
Inc rest of the name is somewhat blul led,
this evening. hope 'S9 will not think that
I have been II. ing to show them up in
ridiculous light. Far from it, 1 have only
attempted to point out some of their curios-
tiles, and as evelJ class has its imperfections,
go of course excepted, I think that '89 has
done remarkably we'll when considering
the class as (w)hole-in the ground.
Closing, the speaker returned the thanks
of 80 for the fence.
At the close of the orations the seniors
again formed in line and headed by the band
they paid their respects to President Dwight
and a few of their many professors, after
which they proceeded in barges to the shore,
where they RECALLED themselves with old
time supper furnished by Deibel at the Howes
pavilion. It was late before any of thsm re-
turned, but all carried back with them regrets
that their college course ives over and that
their last class supper was thing of the past.